{"id":2310312,"date":"2026-03-03T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2310312"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:03:20","slug":"royals-reveal-contract-terms-for-outfielder-with-361-career-stolen-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-reveal-contract-terms-for-outfielder-with-361-career-stolen-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals reveal contract terms for outfielder with 361 career stolen bases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kansas City Royals<\/a> made a move late into Spring Training, adding veteran slugger Starling Marte on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n

Monday, the terms of his contract were revealed. According to<\/a> Anne Rogers, Marte’s contract is a major league deal with a $1 million guarantee.<\/p>\n

The contract includes an additional $2 million in bonuses. Half of the bonuses are roster bonuses while the other half are incentive based.<\/p>\n

A former two-time All-Star, Marte will be heading to his sixth different team for his 15th major league season.<\/p>\n

Originally known for his defense and speed, Marte has remained relevant in the big leagues due to his bat. At his best, Marte is a contact hitter with a career .285 batting average in over 6,300 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

Last season marked Marte’s first season as predominantly a designated hitter, making just 12 outfield appearances in 98 games played.<\/p>\n

That said, in his prime, Marte was a great defender, winning two Gold Glove awards as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now as a Royal, it remains to be seen whether or not Kansas City will play the 37-year-old in the field more often during the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

Either way, given his proven track record and ability to put together quality at-bats, Marte makes for a solid pickup as a cost-effective veteran.<\/p>\n

At the very least, Kansas City will likely use him as a pinch-hitter and occasional designated hitter.<\/p>\n

He also may be able to help mentor Jac Caglianone, the recent No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft.<\/p>\n

More MLB news:<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sportingnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Royals made a move late into Spring Training, adding veteran slugger Starling Marte on a one-year deal. Monday, the terms of his contract were revealed. According to Anne Rogers, Marte’s contract is a major league deal with a $1 million guarantee. The contract includes an additional $2 million in bonuses. Half of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2305349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2310312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Royals-reportedly-in-contract-talks-with-former-Mets-Pirates-361.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2310313,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310312\/revisions\/2310313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}